DC Announces ‘Absolute Black Canary’ One-Shot

In Absolute Green Arrow #6, writer Pornsak Pitcheshote and artist Rafael Albuquerque will reveal the identity of the Green Arrow killer. And while the series has been extended another six issues, before the second arc kicks off, get ready for Absolute Black Canary.

Just announced at DC Comics’s Absolute Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the one shot will be written by Pitcheshote with art by Belén Ortega, and focus on Dinah Lance, aka a former MMA fighter known as the Black Canary. Green Arrow will then continue with issues seven through 12, picking up where the reveal of Green Arrow — and the one-shot — leave off.

While we don’t have much more info on the one-shot at the moment other than that, this is similar to what DC is doing with Absolute Catwoman, where the first arc of the book will be “interrupted” for a month by Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand, before resuming its regular run. And it essentially functions as a fill-in, allowing the main title to stay on schedule while giving more room for the backstory of an important character to the series.

We’ll update this article with official assets from DC when available. Absolute Black Canary #1 will hit stores in January, 2027.

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